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2016–17 ABA League

The 2016–17 ABA League was the 16th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It started on September 29, 2016, with the first round of the regular season and the regular season ended on March 13, 2017, followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams. The play-offs were played from March 18 till April 13, 2017. Crvena zvezda won its third ABA League championship, after beating Cedevita 3–0 in the Finals.

ABA League
Season2016–17
DurationSeptember 29, 2016 – March 13, 2017
(Regular season)
March 18, 2017 – April 13, 2017
(Playoffs)
Number of games191
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seedSerbia Crvena zvezda mts
Season MVPSerbia Nikola Janković [1]
RelegatedSlovenia Krka
Finals
ChampionsSerbia Crvena zvezda mts (3rd title)
  Runners-upCroatia Cedevita
SemifinalistsSerbia Partizan NIS
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Finals MVPUnited States Charles Jenkins [2]
Awards
Top ProspectAustralia Jonah Bolden [3]
Statistical leaders
Points Serbia Ivan Marinković (Zadar) 17.72
Rebounds France Alpha Kaba (Mega Leks) 7.52
Assists United States Scottie Reynolds (Cibona) 6.94
Index Rating Serbia Nikola Janković (Olimpija) 19.24
Records
Biggest home winCedevita 120–62 Zadar
(8 October 2016)
Biggest win in the ABA League history
Biggest away winZadar 66–103 Crvena zvezda mts
(6 October 2016)
Karpoš Sokoli 61–98 Crvena zvezda mts
(14 February 2017)
Highest scoringMornar 104–110 Zadar
(13 November 2016)

Teams edit

National standings edit

The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.[1][2]

Country No. 2015–16 coeff. 2016–17 no. of clubs
  Montenegro 1 16.00 2
  Serbia 3 14.75 4
  Croatia 3 14.00 3
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 11.00 1
  Macedonia 1 10.00 1
  Slovenia 2 9.33 2
Wild card 1
Total 11 best coeff. (+2) 14

Team allocation edit

On 25 July 2016 the Adriatic Basketball Association agreed to expel Union Olimpija and Helios Suns as the first was not able to fulfill the financial obligations required and the second did not follow the position of all the clubs of the Association in the FIBA-Euroleague controversy.[3] Finally, Union Olimpija was re-admitted in the league and Macedonian runner-up Karpoš Sokoli replaced Helios Suns.[4]

League positions of the previous national league season after playoffs shown in parentheses (RW: Regular season winners).

Regular season
  Budućnost VOLI (1st)   Mega Leks (3rd)   Zadar (3rd)   Krka (RW)
  Mornar (2nd)   FMP (4th)   Igokea (1st)   Union Olimpija (4th)
  Crvena zvezda mts (1st)   Cedevita (1st)   MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)
  Partizan NIS (2nd)   Cibona (2nd)   Karpoš Sokoli (3rd)

Venues and locations edit

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Location of teams in the 2016–17 ABA League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 4,300
Cedevita Zagreb Dom Sportova 3,100
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall 5,400
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878
FMP Železnik Železnik Hall 3,000
Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall 3,050
Karpoš Sokoli Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center 8,000
Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,000
Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki 2,500
Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall 2,625
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena 7,500
Partizan NIS Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić 6,500[5]
Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,480
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 9,000

Personnel and sponsorship edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI   Ilias Zouros   Suad Šehović daCAPO VOLI
Cedevita   Veljko Mršić   Miro Bilan Nike Cedevita
Cibona   Damir Mulaomerović   Marin Rozić Adidas Franck
Crvena zvezda mts   Dejan Radonjić   Luka Mitrović Champion mts
FMP   Branko Maksimović   Filip Čović Champion FMP
Igokea   Dragan Bajić   Vuk Radivojević GBT m:tel
Karpoš Sokoli   Dragan Nikolić   Igor Penov Erreà —
Krka   Simon Petrov   Matej Rojc Žolna šport Krka
Mega Leks   Dejan Milojević   Rade Zagorac Adidas Bemax
Mornar   Đorđije Pavićević   Marko Mijović Adidas —
MZT Skopje Aerodrom   Ante Nazor   Marko Simonovski Adidas —
Partizan NIS   Aleksandar Džikić   Novica Veličković Adidas NIS
Union Olimpija   Gašper Okorn   Mirko Mulalić Macron Pivovarna Union
Zadar   Aramis Naglić   Lovre Bašić Champion OTP Bank

Coaching changes edit

Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
4th MZT Skopje Aerodrom   Emil Rajković 10 October 2016[6]   Aleksandar Jončevski
7th Karpoš Sokoli   Siniša Matić 2–3 November 2016[7][8]   Dragan Nikolić
9th Budućnost VOLI   Vlado Šćepanović 13–15 November 2016[9][10]   Ilias Zouros
9th MZT Skopje Aerodrom   Aleksandar Jončevski 14–18 November 2016[11][12]   Ante Nazor
10th FMP   Slobodan Klipa 20 November 2016[13]   Branko Maksimović
10th Zadar   Ante Matulović 21–29 November 2016[14][15]   Neven Plantak
20th Zadar   Neven Plantak 30–31 January 2017[16][17]   Aramis Naglić
24th Krka   Dejan Mihevc 26 February 2017[18]   Simon Petrov

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Crvena zvezda mts 26 25 1 2226 1762 +464 51 Advance to the playoffs
2   Cedevita 26 20 6 2323 2108 +215 46
3   Partizan NIS 26 19 7 2081 1948 +133 45
4   Budućnost VOLI 26 18 8 2136 1968 +168 44
5   Igokea 26 13 13 1950 2017 −67 39
6   Mega Leks 26 11 15 2138 2145 −7 37
7   Cibona 26 11 15 2100 2121 −21 37
8   Mornar 26 10 16 2002 2011 −9 36
9   FMP 26 10 16 2047 2118 −71 36
10   Karpoš Sokoli 26 10 16 1951 2096 −145 36
11   Union Olimpija 26 10 16 2066 2143 −77 36
12   Zadar 26 9 17 2044 2257 −213 35
13   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 26 8 18 1994 2136 −142 34
14   Krka 26 8 18 1889 2117 −228 34 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: ABA League

Results edit

Home \ Away BUD CED CIB CZV FMP IGO KAR KRK MEG MOR MZT PAR UOL ZAD
Budućnost VOLI   84–86 95–79 54–77 93–84 75–60 95–61 91–62 88–80 85–68 92–61 74–68 84–74 105–89
Cedevita   70–80 100–80 91–95 104–92 89–78 81–77 82–83 89–85 99–73 82–61 79–67 102–87 120–62
Cibona   87–94 85–89 70–91 87–68 84–61 102–79 88–65 88–100 91–89 87–79 77–82 68–79 82–73
Crvena zvezda mts   82–66 88–64 69–56 93–62 68–66 91–70 79–62 96–76 82–71 91–69 83–72 88–67 113–65
FMP   69–77 89–96 84–75 76–84 76–81 67–62 78–60 98–84 92–85 101–82 56–65 89–79 94–77
Igokea   92–93 69–84 61–71 68–77 74–84 79–71 85–72 64–67 74–69 79–72 70–64 73–72 78–77
Karpoš Sokoli   77–71 89–81 76–70 61–98 88–81 79–84 83–56 75–72 75–63 77–74 77–84 83–87 85–79
Krka   67–75 90–86 95–91 56–67 61–70 72–88 81–64 73–82 63–72 97–87 70–82 63–68 80–79
Mega Leks   81–85 82–85 71–82 69–81 76–72 101–84 82–69 95–96 93–87 87–72 80–87 86–85 92–75
Mornar   78–71 74–79 92–57 59–71 82–66 83–76 83–59 86–73 81–89 65–64 57–58 93–70 104–110
MZT Skopje Aerodrom   96–90 79–100 85–89 73–93 89–68 67–71 74–71 89–65 75–74 63–69 62–93 97–96 92–65
Partizan NIS   61–64 87–97 87–81 86–81 97–70 87–64 76–72 94–80 86–79 90–85 91–76 86–85 87–86
Union Olimpija   81–79 92–94 72–89 67–85 89–85 80–81 92–97 79–64 82–69 81–72 72–91 74–68 78–76
Zadar   78–76 80–94 85–84 66–103 78–76 83–90 93–74 77–83 90–86 80–62 71–65 69–76 81–78
Source: [19]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs edit

Main article: 2017 ABA League Playoffs

The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. The Playoffs started on March 18 and ended on April 13, 2017.

 
Semifinals
18 March – 4 April		Finals
10 April – 13 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Crvena zvezda mts2
 
 
 
  Budućnost VOLI1
 
  Crvena zvezda mts3
 
 
 
  Cedevita0
 
  Cedevita2
 
 
  Partizan NIS1
 


2016–17 ABA League Champions
 
Crvena zvezda mts
3rd title

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Crvena zvezda mts 32 30 2 2689 2151 +538 62 Qualification to EuroLeague
2   Cedevita 32 22 10 2766 2578 +188 54 Qualification to EuroCup
3   Partizan NIS 29 20 9 2309 2191 +118 49
4   Budućnost VOLI 29 19 10 2325 2189 +136 48
5   Igokea 26 13 13 1950 2017 −67 39
6   Mega Leks 26 11 15 2138 2145 −7 37
7   Cibona 26 11 15 2100 2121 −21 37
8   Mornar 26 10 16 2002 2011 −9 36
9   FMP 26 10 16 2047 2118 −71 36
10   Karpoš Sokoli 26 10 16 1951 2096 −145 36
11   Union Olimpija 26 10 16 2066 2143 −77 36
12   Zadar 26 9 17 2044 2257 −213 35
13   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 26 8 18 1994 2136 −142 34
14   Krka 26 8 18 1889 2117 −228 34 Relegation
Source: ABA League

Statistical leaders edit

After the end of the Regular Season.

PIR edit

Pos Player Club PIR
1   Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 19.24
2   Ryan Boatright Cedevita 18.33
3   Ivan Marinković Zadar 17.52
4   Marko Luković Krka 17.33
5   Luka Babić Cedevita 17.06

Points edit

Pos Player Club PPG
1   Ivan Marinković Zadar 17.72
2   Ryan Boatright Cedevita 17.47
3   Marko Luković Krka 16.81
4   Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 16.56
5   Dragan Labović Karpoš Sokoli 15.62

Rebounds edit

Pos Player Club RPG
1   Alpha Kaba Mega Leks 7.52
2   Marko Luković Krka 7.43
3   Jonah Bolden FMP 7.24
4   Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 7.24
5   Devin Oliver Union Olimpija 7.16

Assists edit

Pos Player Club APG
1   Scottie Reynolds Cibona 6.94
2   Filip Čović FMP 6.39
3   Marcus Williams Budućnost VOLI 6.27
4   Stefan Jović Crvena zvezda mts 6.14
5   Matic Rebec Krka 5.88

Source:[20]

Awards edit

MVP edit

Pos. Player Team Ref.
F/C   Nikola Janković   Union Olimpija [21]

Finals MVP edit

Pos. Player Team Ref.
SG   Charles Jenkins   Crvena zvezda mts [22]

Top Prospect edit

Pos. Player Team Ref.
F   Jonah Bolden   FMP [23]

Ideal Starting Five edit

Pos. Player Team
PG   Stefan Jović   Crvena zvezda mts
SG   Charles Jenkins   Crvena zvezda mts
SF   Marko Simonović   Crvena zvezda mts
PF   Novica Veličković   Partizan NIS
C   Miro Bilan   Cedevita

Source:[24]

MVP List edit

MVP of the Round edit

Round Player Team Efficiency
1   Ivan Marinković   Zadar 41
2   William Hatcher   Partizan NIS 31
3   Karlo Žganec   Cedevita 28
4   Ante Žižić   Cibona 56
5   Željko Šakić   Cibona (2) 30
6   Željko Šakić (2)   Cibona (3) 33
7   Ante Žižić (2)   Cibona (4) 31
8   Shawn James   Budućnost VOLI 39
9   Boris Barać   Zadar (2) 40
10   Luka Babić   Cedevita (2) 31
11   Ognjen Kuzmić   Crvena zvezda mts 30
12   Ante Žižić (3)   Cibona (5) 43
13   Nikola Janković   Union Olimpija 30
14   Dragan Apić   FMP 34
15   Marko Simonović   Crvena zvezda mts (2) 30
16   Luka Mitrović   Crvena zvezda mts (3) 32
17   Filip Čović   FMP (2) 42
18   Luka Babić (2)   Cedevita (3) 34
19   Antabia Waller   Mornar 34
20   Filip Čović (2)   FMP (3) 34
21   Dragan Labović   Karpoš Sokoli 30
22   Josh Scott   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 34
23   Stefan Birčević   Partizan NIS (2) 33
24   Boris Barać (2)   Zadar (3) 30
25   Kendrick Perry   Karpoš Sokoli (2) 30
26   Miro Bilan   Cedevita (4) 31
SF1   Ognjen Kuzmić (2)   Crvena zvezda mts (4) 21
SF2   Stefan Birčević (2)   Partizan NIS (3) 29
SF3   Charles Jenkins   Crvena zvezda mts (5) 24
F1   Charles Jenkins (2)   Crvena zvezda mts (6) 24
F2   Charles Jenkins (3)   Crvena zvezda mts (7) 23
F3   Deon Thompson   Crvena zvezda mts (8) 24

Source:[25]

MVP of the Month edit

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2016   Ante Žižić   Cibona [26]
November 2016   Luka Babić   Cedevita [27]
December 2016   Nikola Janković   Union Olimpija [28]
January 2017   Filip Čović   FMP [29]
February 2017   Stefan Birčević   Partizan NIS [30]

2016–17 national standings edit

Position Country Coefficient
1   Serbia 16.25
2   Montenegro 14.00
3   Croatia 13.33
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.00
5   Slovenia 9.00
  Macedonia

Source:[31]

ABA League clubs in European competitions edit

Competition Team Progress Result
EuroLeague   Crvena zvezda mts Regular season 9th place
EuroCup   Cedevita Top 16 Group H 3rd place
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom Regular season Group A 5th place
  Budućnost VOLI Regular season Group C 5th place
  Union Olimpija Regular season Group D 5th place
FIBA Champions League   Partizan NIS Play-offs qualifiers Eliminated by   PAOK, 154–156
  Cibona Regular season Group D 6th place, transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
  Mega Leks 7th place
  Mornar 8th place
  Igokea Second qualifying round Eliminated by   Mornar, 131–152
FIBA Europe Cup   Cibona Quarter-finals Eliminated by   Élan Chalon, 165–168
  Igokea Regular season Group I Withdrew

See also edit

2016–17 domestic competitions

References edit

  1. ^ "National Standings". ABA League. Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ^ "14 clubs in the 2016/". ABA League. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ^ "2016/17 season without Helios Suns and Union Olimpija". ABA League. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Union Olimpija and Karpoš Sokoli to participate in the 2016/ season". ABA League. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ^ ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500.
  6. ^ "Emil Rajković resigns, MZT part ways with Thomas and Massey". aba-liga.com. 10 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Siniša Matić resigned as head coach of Karpoš Sokoli". aba-liga.com. 2 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Dragan Nikolić is the new head coach of Karpoš Sokoli". aba-liga.com. 3 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Šćepanović resigns as Budućnost VOLI head coach". aba-liga.com. 13 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Ilias Zouros is the new head coach of Budućnost VOLI". aba-liga.com. 15 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Aleksandar Jončevski is no longer head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". aba-liga.com. 14 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Ante Nazor is the new head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". aba-liga.com. 18 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Klipa is no longer head coach of FMP". aba-liga.com. 20 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Zadar and Ante Matulović parted ways". aba-liga.com. 21 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Neven Plantak is the new head coach of Zadar". aba-liga.com. 29 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Zadar and Plantak mutually agree to terminate contract". aba-liga.com. 30 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Aramis Naglić is the new head coach of Zadar". aba-liga.com. 31 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Petrov to replace Mihevc at Krka bench". 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ "ABA League Calendar". aba-liga.com.
  20. ^ "Statistical leaders". aba-liga.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  21. ^ Regular Season MVP: Nikola Janković (Union Olimpija)
  22. ^ Playoffs MVP: Charles Jenkins (Crvena zvezda mts)
  23. ^ 2016/17 Top Prospect: Jonah Bolden
  24. ^ "Jović heads the Ideal Starting Five". 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  25. ^ "Ranking MVP". aba-liga.com.
  26. ^ MVP of October: Ante Žižić (Cibona)
  27. ^ MVP of November: Luka Babić (Cedevita)
  28. ^ MVP of December: Nikola Janković (Olimpija Ljubljana)
  29. ^ MVP of January: Filip Čović (FMP)
  30. ^ MVP of February: Stefan Birčević (Partizan NIS)
  31. ^ "National standings". aba-liga.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

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